Oppenheimer: New York Premiere of Christopher Nolan's Film Starring Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr Gets Cancelled Amid SAG-AFTRA Strike
Oppenheimer is an upcoming World War II drama directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Cillian Murphy as J Robert Oppenheimer. The movie also stars Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and more.
Actors Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr’s upcoming film Oppenheimer’s New York red carpet was cancelled amid the ongoing SAG AFTRA strike.According to The Hollywood Reporter, a US-based media outlet, the Special Ops: Lioness premiere, scheduled for July 18 in Los Angeles with stars Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman and Michael Kelly, was the first carpet to be scrapped, followed by Christopher Nolan’s next Oppenheimer‘s red carpet in New York, which was set for July 17. Oppenheimer Review: Christopher Nolan's Film Starring Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr Is 'Spectacular' and 'Electrifying', Per First Reactions..
“In support of the ongoing SAG strike, the filmmakers of Oppenheimer will not be proceeding with the NY premiere as originally planned and will instead screen the movie to celebrate the crew and craftspeople who contributed to making this landmark film,” Universal said in a statement. The strike began at midnight on Friday, with actors taking to the picket line that morning. Oppenheimer: Christopher Nolan's Film to Feature Full Nudity and Sex Scene Between Florence Pugh and Cillian Murphy.
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According to the guidelines, the union’s 160,000 affected members are prohibited from all principal on-camera and off-camera work, such as voice-acting and narration, as well as participating in promotional activity including premieres, interviews, festivals, FYC events, award shows and podcasts, as per The Hollywood Reporter.
The London premiere of Oppenheimer was barely finished on time after Universal moved the carpet time up by an hour to allow the star-studded ensemble to take photos and conduct interviews before the strike began. When the strike was called, actors Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Cillian Murphy left the event before the screening. The biopic, set during World War II, follows Oppenheimer, known as the "Father of the Atomic Bomb," during a period in history when he understood that testing the atomic bomb would ignite the atmosphere and destroy the world, yet he pushed the button anyway.